Trench Raid with Lisa Smedman
From Game Design Deep Dive by Dan Bullock
August 22, 2025 · 53 min · Season 5 · Episode 5
About this episode
Dan Bullock interviews Lisa Smedman about her solitaire tabletop wargame Trench Raid and its design elements.
Lisa Smedman is a best-selling author, journalist, and designer of many RPG games and modules. We discuss Trench Raid, her first solitaire tabletop wargame for Compass, the tactical approach to the topic of WW1, and the relationship between serious games and design intent. Trench Raid from Compass Games Outro music: "Kingdom Come" by Cindy Lee Cindy Lee is marvelous! Go check out Diamond Jubilee by Cindy Lee here: https://cindylee.bandcamp.com/album/diamond-jubilee Send us Fan Mail
People in this episode
Host: Dan Bullock
Guest: Lisa Smedman
Topics covered
- tabletop wargame
- RPG design
- World War 1
- game design
- solitaire games
Keywords
- Trench Raid
- Lisa Smedman
- tabletop games
- RPG
- game design
- WW1
- solitaire
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Compass Games
Books & works: Trench Raid, Diamond Jubilee
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